Tire.



M. HALLANAN.

TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.15, 1912.

Patented Apr. 7, .1914

Inventor:

MICHAEL HALLANAN, or NEW YORK. N. Y.

TIRE.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. "4, 1914.

Application filed. August 15, 1912. Serial No. 715,205.

To all'whom it may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL HALLANAN, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tires, of whichthe following is a specification.

-The objects of my improvement are the production of a tire inwhich'punctures and blow-outs will be reduced to a minimum and in which thekneading or flattening strains under load will be taken care of and inwhich, if an air tube is employed very light pressures can be carried.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a sectional 'view of the tire; Fi 2 a sideview and Fig.

3 a view of a modification.

.The tire comprises a rubber tread l on a canvas carcass 2. Inside thecarcass and integral therewith is the sole leather support 3 corrugatedlongitudinally at 4 under the tread and having the transverse arches 5at suitable intervals.

The metal rim in which the tire is secured'to the wheel has the highside walls I or lips 6 and 7 between which the base and lower side wallsof the tire are supported, A. second metal ring 8, preferably insections, is provided with lips 9 and 10 and is placed inside the tireso that the side walls are supported between the pairs of lips 6 and 9and 7 and 10 .to prevent undue fla gated and I tenin under load.The'sole leather lining 3 stifiens the rubber and canvas and thecorrugations 4: and arches 5 serve to further strengthen'it againstcrushing strains. If

heavy loads are to be carried the resistance of the tire to crushing isfurther increased by using an air tube 11 in which-a light air pressureis carried. The rim'is preterably divided as shown in Fig. 1 and boltedtogether to facilitate removal of the tire.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the side wall or lip 6 of the rimengages a lip 12 on the side wall of the tire to further support thesame. y

In practice the tire is made heavy and rigid enough to act as a cushiontire but when an air tube is used the leather lining will preventpunctures and blow-outs.

I claim Y A tire composed of a rubber tread, a canvas carcass and aninner lining of leather united into an integral structure, the innerleather lining being longitudinally corrurovided with transverse archesat suitable lntervals. Iu'testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribedmy name in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

MICHAEL HALLANAN. Witnesses Ron'r. BQKILLGORE, I). ll'lm'rz.

